drop-off (ˈdrɒpɒf)

Definitionen

noun

1. a sharp decrease ⇒ There has been a slight drop-off in business since the hurricane., ⇒ The company is cutting up to 30,000 workers because of an anticipated drop-off in orders., ⇒ a drop-off in demand for new and used cars, ⇒ There's been a drop-off in the number of women getting screened recently., ⇒ The entire industry had seen a dramatic drop-off in sales.

2. a steep or vertical descent ⇒ a spectacular reef where the drop-off plunges 6,000 ft to the seabed, ⇒ On the other side was a 50yd drop-off., ⇒ Here there is a steep drop-off into very deep water.

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And the less said, the sooner I'll drop off , if you take my meaning.J.R.R. Tolkien THE LORD OF THE RINGSWe can drop off a set of keys at her house in the morning... `Gaskin, Catherine THE AMBASSADOR'S WOMENOn the way she wanted to drop off a can of diesel to saythank you to her midnight rescuer.Barbara Erskine SANDS OF TIMEIf I drop off , it could put us in danger and they would just go after the nextlawyer who was appointed to represent Dupre.Phillip Margolin TIES THAT BIND

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Desmondgot out of the Pontiac and directed her to drive the Lincoln right up to the edge of the drop-off.Duncan, Robert L THE SERPENT'S MARKSchool drop-off and pickup, the ultimate N American experience.Bénédicte Newland and Pascale Smets AND GOD CREATED THE AU PAIRShe got no drop-off in membership moving the group to the house, and being under siege brought out the best in them.Pearl Cleage WHAT LOOKS LIKE CRAZY ON AN ORDINARY DAY